I just picked up an interesting one a couple weeks ago. It is a 1/5 cent sales tax token from Tenino Washington made of wood.
Actually better would probably be generic silver rounds. I wouldn't be surprised if you can get them for a dollar over spot. They'd have more...
Seven words. Learn to grade, buy what you like.
If you mean the old 19th century bars sure they are collectible, very valuable, and very widely faked. Probably 100 to 1000 fakes for every...
Really? Let's see Silver is $9.57 + $1.25 to the distributor + .25 for shipping + .50 profit = $11.57 This is the price the dealer you are...
Why do people recycle aluminum? I used to recycle aluminum back when it was 10 cents a pound. I don't know the current price, last time I sold...
And another newbie is sent out to buy a womens magazine. Red Book = Slang in the world of coin collectors for A Guide Book of United States...
Sorry but it is a fake, and not even a very good one.
I wouldn't use nitric acid on silver coins unless you like nice black coins. Silver an nitric acid forms silver nitrate which turns black upon...
It is the 1 over 1 variety (C-1 I believe.) It has decent detail but unfortunately has been bent at least twice.
There are also planchet striations that are long parallel marks left on the planchet strip from the stretching of the rolling process (and from...
Xylol (also known as Xylene) may be slightly carcinogenic but there are naturally occuring carcinogenc compounds in carrots that are more powerful...
Draped bust large cent. The obverse is simple and classic, the reverse appealing in it's clean simplicity as well. Plus it's copper.
Most of the nickels I get in change nowadays are post 1980. So with the same design they tend to be pretty common for about 25 years. With a...
They now or very soon (I'm pretty sure it's now, they've been doing the top 100 and top 50 for awhile now.) will do all of them. If you don't...
You're on the right track but the discription is wrong. First the Master Hub is created by the reducing lathe from the Galvano or epoxy model....
If so they should fire that lawyer. A holder that looks similar to an NGC holder (in hand it obviously isn't very similar at all.) but with the...
All of the circulation 79-S SBA's have blob S mintmarks. Yes with enough wear a circulated proof coin can lose enough of the Proof...
In my case I find the Hobo interesting because that definitely looks like an original Hobo nickel and not a more recent carving. It would really...
The Sac's were sent to Ecuador for circulation when they made the US dollar legal tender there. Counterfeits soon appeared and som of them have...
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